OSRS Sailing How to Chart | Charting Guide
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Charting is one of the first real activities you unlock in Sailing, so this guide shows how it works, how to use each tool, and how to clear every type of chart task without getting stuck.
How Sea Charting Works in OSRS
Sea charting gives one time experience and small item rewards by exploring points around the oceans. You use tools from your Captain’s Log or your cargo hold to interact with special spots on land or sea. Each chart task finishes instantly when you complete its action and logs itself in your Captain’s Log.
Charting is meant to guide you through every ocean early on and gives clean XP spikes that help you reach your next boat.
Tools You Need for Charting
You get charting tools from your boat’s cargo hold by clicking the duck icon. You can also right click and take all if you want everything at once.
Some tools come from quests. Prying Times gives you the crowbar and Current Affairs gives you the current duck. More tools unlock as you level.
Charting Types and How They Work
Generic Charting
These tasks use your Captain’s Log. Click scenery with a Chart option. Some are on land, so dock and walk over. This is the simplest charting and unlocks at level 1.
Spyglass Charting
Spyglass tasks appear on bubble spots in the ocean. Sail onto the bubbles and use the spyglass. The camera zooms out and shows a short scene. After it finishes you get XP. Some bubble spots are on land so dock if needed.
Drink Crate Charting
Unlocked at level 12 with the crowbar. Sail to sealed crates floating in the water and crack them open. Choose if you want to drink the contents. Every crate gives XP once.
Sea Current Charting
Unlocked at level 22 with the current duck. Sail onto ripple spots in the water. Drop the duck and follow it as it drifts. When it finishes moving the task completes and rewards XP.
Sea Depth Charting
Unlocked at level 38 after helping the Mermaid and completing Freeing Pirate Pete. Sail to marked points and use the fishbowl helmet and diving apparatus. Gather depth data to finish the task.
Weather Pattern Charting
Unlocked at level 57. Talk to troll meteorologists and take the portable weather station. Sail to the marked zone, take readings, then sail back and hand the tool in. This completes the task and logs it.
Charting for Fast Leveling
Charting tasks give solid one time XP early on. You can sweep through every zone you can reach and collect XP bursts. Many players use charting to skip slow courier task levels. With the raft you stick to shallow seas, but the skiff and sloop let you access way more chart zones.
Your Captain’s Log shows which tasks you already finished and gives hints for the next ones. This makes it easy to clean entire oceans in one loop.
Final Blurb
Sea charting is the cleanest early XP in Sailing and stays helpful all the way to the sloop. Grab your tools from the cargo hold, follow each chart mark in your Captain’s Log, and clear every zone you can reach. Each task is simple and gives one time XP that builds your levels faster than basic routes.
FAQ
How do I start charting
Open your Captain’s Log and look for chart marks in nearby seas.
Where do I get charting tools
Take them from your boat’s cargo hold using the duck icon.
Are charting rewards repeatable
No, each chart task gives XP once per account.
Do charting tasks require quests
Some tools come from Prying Times, Current Affairs, and Freeing Pirate Pete.
Is charting good XP
Yes, charting chains together fast XP spikes and is great for early levels.
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